A long-awaited park in Rio Rancho is closer to being finished and is getting a brand-new security system.

A Park Above is described by its founder, Jennie Riedl, as an “all-inclusive park.” It’s a place, Riedl said, where people with special needs can play alongside everyone else.

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In the last few months, the foundation raised enough money to pave the parking lot and start laying artificial turf under all the play equipment. But one of the last projects needed to open the park is camera and light installations around the park.

“It’s so important because this kind of equipment we are putting in this park is very high-end and very expensive,” Riedl said. “It’s very expensive to replace.”

That is why the community was outraged after vandals broke into the construction site back in April.

“We've worked so hard and then to have someone come and spray paint something on a wall, just to be ornery. It takes your breath away,” Riedl said.

In response to the crime, donors stepped up and purchased a high-tech security system.

“There are going to be cameras directed all around in different places at the park,” Riedl said.

Not only will cameras be watching the park, Riedl said if anyone is inside the gates after hours, they’ll hear a strong message over the park's PA system.

“The park is closed, you need to leave now because we have called the police,” Riedl said, telling KOAT exactly what the system will announce.

The equipment isn’t in place yet. It’ll be one of the last things to go in before the park’s grand opening.